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That sucks,as above you will learn alot next time around,At least your working with a renewable resource.

As above, your best bet in the future with any High oil content wood is just polish it,is better than any other product.

Let your mind and the creativity within make the scales.let the wood talk to you,it knows what it wants to be,you will know when all is perfect.

eyeball them to around 1/16th finished,your visual is better than any caliper,you will know when they look right.
You will never with the final wedge you posted,crack them,they will take a set to...

A belt sander at this point would trash your scales in a microsecond,your close man,60 grit on a sanding block will thin them out in a couple minutes,take your time,stuff like this should be fun,not...

Tyler,you need to get the scales thinner ,half of what they are,JMO

Yes it is,STOP,go to bed,tomorrow is a bright new day:)))

Comming along.one thing you might consider is to get both scales flat, than tape them together with double stick tape and from that point on consider them as one piece,with your drilling, contour...